Truth In Advertising - Logo

Filters

340 Results

relevance

Ameriquest: Success or Scam?

Consumer News

Ameriquest: Success or Scam?

An American Success Story Between 1990 and 2008, Spectacularly-successful financial services company whose business model was based on selling mortgages to families that couldn’t afford them, then selling those worthless…

Fine Print in Credit & Loan Ads

Consumer News

Fine Print in Credit & Loan Ads

If you’ve ever had the stamina to sit down and try to read a credit card disclosure statement (often the size of a paperback novel), you know that the Sometimes…

What do Jewelry and Art Have in Common?

Consumer News

What do Jewelry and Art Have in Common?

What do jewelry and art have in common?  They both are  easily subject to particular types of deceptive advertising. Here’s a look at five kinds of advertising deception to watch…

Few Regulations Govern Alcohol Advertising

Consumer News

Few Regulations Govern Alcohol Advertising

Though it may be hard to believe, the alcohol advertising industry is self-regulated.  What does that mean?  It means it’s its own boss and makes up its own rules when…

Modeling Opportunity May Just Take Your Dough

Consumer News

Modeling Opportunity May Just Take Your Dough

There’s nothing like a stranger telling you that you should be a model to boost your self-esteem.  And there’s nothing like falling for a trap and losing your hard-earned money…

Facebook’s Tracking Cookies

Consumer News

Facebook’s Tracking Cookies

Facebook’s list of privacy abuses in 2011 seemed to grow by the minute.  Tech savvy users of the 800 million-strong network reported that A browser or web cookie collects and…

Are You Infected?

Consumer News

Are You Infected?

Cyber bandits hijacked more than 4 million computers in an Internet ad fraud scheme before the FBI took them down in November 2011. The massive Estonian-run botnet that had infected…

Show More